Tag: NDA
Shah To Meet NDA Leaders, Host Dinner On May 21
Buoyed by the exit poll predictions, BJP President Amit Shah has convened a meeting of the leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on May 21, ahead of the counting of votes on May 23. ....
NDA Allies Express Faith In Modi, Say India No More A Soft State
The constituents of BJP-led NDA allies on Tuesday expressed full faith in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of results of Lok Sabha elections, saying the past five years have brought about a change in Indias perception that it was a soft state.....
Sonia Praises Rahul For 'valiant' Campaign, 'fearless Leadership'
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday lavishly praised Rahul Gandhi for his "valiant and relentless" campaign in the Lok Sabha elections and his "fearless leadership" in taking on the Modi government, to send the message that the party backed him fully and its workers wanted him to stay on as Congress President.....
Cyclone Vayu Won't Make Landfall In Gujarat: IMD
Cyclone Vayu will not make landfall on the Gujarat coast on Thursday as it was expected, and will pass by the Saurashtra region later in the day, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.....
US To Impose Major Sanctions Against Iran On Monday
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said the US would impose major additional sanctions against Iran on Monday.....
'Man Who Knows Too Much' -- Karan Singh -- Says Tread Cautiously On Art 35A, 370
He is the Man Who Knows Too Much, Dr Karan Singh or Tiger as his father Maharaja Hari Singh used to call him fondly, formerly Regent of J&K (from June 20, 1949, he acted as Regent), then Sadr e Riyasat (from November 17, 1952 to March 30, 1965, Karan Singh was the elected head of state of Jammu and Kashmir). On 30 March 1965, Karan Singh, who became the first Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (till May 15, 1967) and the last residual link between feudal and monarchial Kashmir and its evolution to a democratic set-up, wants the government to tread c....
RS Passes Bill To Turn J&K Into UTs, Nod To Axe Art 370
In a big triumph for the government, the Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019 and adopted the resolution to scrap the Constitution's Article 370 paving way for bifurcation of the state into two Union territories (UTs) and allowing people from other states to buy land there.....
Wing Com. Abhinandan Likely To Get Vir Chakra
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who had shot down a Pakistani F-16 near the Line of Control (LoC) in February resulting in his capture and subsequent release by Islamabad, is likely to be decorated with the Vir Chakra, one of India's top military honours, defence sources said on Thursday.....
Govt Prevails Over RBI To Release Rs 176,000 Cr Surplus
On Monday, the government won and the RBI lost in what turned out to be an attritional war that saw a Governor being scalped. One can argue that the central bank works at the pleasure of the government and the RBI Act says this with great clarity. Mint Street after its board meeting announced that it will transfer a surplus of a little over Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the government.....
Uma Bharti Urges BJP Not To Seek Kanda Support
After independent MLA Gopal Kanda offered his support to BJP in Haryana, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti has urged the party leaderhip not to take his support. ....
